/*
 * Copyright (C) 2005-2010 Alfresco Software Limited.
 *
 * This file is part of Alfresco
 *
 * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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 * (at your option) any later version.
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 * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
 *
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 */
package org.alfresco.cmis;

import org.alfresco.service.cmr.search.ResultSetMetaData;


/**
 * The meta data associated with a result set
 * 
 * @author andyh
 *
 */
public interface CMISResultSetMetaData extends ResultSetMetaData
{
    /**
     * The selector meta-data.
     * @return - the selector meta-data.
     */
    public CMISResultSetSelector[] getSelectors();
    
    /**
     * The column meta-data.
     * @return - the column meta-data.
     */
    public CMISResultSetColumn[] getColumns();
    
    /**
     * Get the query options used to create this result set
     * @return the query options
     */
    public CMISQueryOptions getQueryOptions();
    
    /**
     * Get the names of the selectors.
     * @return - the selector names.
     */
    public String[] getSelectorNames();
    
    /**
     * Get the column names.
     * @return - the names of the columns.
     */
    public String[] getColumnNames();
    
    /**
     * Get the selector meta-data by name.
     * @param name
     * @return - the selector meta-data.
     */
    public CMISResultSetSelector getSelector(String name);
    
    /**
     * Get the column meta-data by column name.
     * @param name
     * @return - the column meta-data.
     */
    public CMISResultSetColumn getColumn(String name);
}